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flavio · 2026-10-21T13:23:01Z

When commitUsingApi is true, updatecli sends each commit through the GitHub GraphQL API. The old code read every changed file from disk and sent it as an addition. A deleted file does not exist on disk, so the read failed and the whole commit failed.

This change checks each file on disk. If the file exists, updatecli encodes it and sends it as an addition. If the file is missing, updatecli sends it as a deletion. A real read error, for example a permission error, still stops the commit.

This fix also makes renames work, because git reports a rename as one deletion and one addition.

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go test ./pkg/plugins/scms/github/ -run 'TestProcessChangedFiles' -v

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Bug Fixes
- GitHub commit creation now correctly handles added, updated, and deleted files, including nested deletions.
- File contents are encoded correctly when submitted to GitHub.
- Commit creation now reports errors when changed files cannot be accessed or are represented by unsupported links.
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- Expanded coverage for mixed additions and deletions, encoded contents, nested deleted files, inaccessible files, and unsupported link scenarios.

When commitUsingApi is true, updatecli sends each commit through the GitHub GraphQL API. The old code read every changed file from disk and sent it as an addition. A deleted file does not exist on disk, so the read failed and the whole commit failed. This change checks each file on disk. If the file exists, updatecli encodes it and sends it as an addition. If the file is missing, updatecli sends it as a deletion. A real read error, for example a permission error, still stops the commit. This fix also makes renames work, because git reports a rename as one deletion and one addition. Assisted-by: Claude Sonnet 5.0 Signed-off-by: Flavio Castelli <fcastelli@suse.com>

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Changed-file processing now separates additions and deletions for GitHub commits. Existing regular files are encoded as additions. Missing or blocked paths are recorded as deletions. Symlinks and other filesystem errors return errors. Tests cover these cases.

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Layer / File(s)	Summary
Classify changed paths `pkg/plugins/scms/github/scm.go`, `pkg/plugins/scms/github/scm_test.go`	`processChangedFiles` returns base64-encoded additions and deletions. It treats missing and `ENOTDIR` paths as deletions, rejects symlinks, and returns other filesystem or encoding errors. Tests cover mixed changes, nested paths, unreadable files, and symlinks.
Build the commit mutation `pkg/plugins/scms/github/scm.go`	`CreateCommit` passes additions and optional deletions to the GitHub GraphQL mutation. It logs both counts.

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Review comments at @pkg/plugins/scms/github/scm.go:
- Line 364: Update the filesystem check in the changed-path handling around
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rather than classified as deletions. Reject unsupported symlinks before
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- Line 375: Update processChangedFiles to treat ENOTDIR from os.Stat as a
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olblak · 2026-10-21T13:48:33Z

@flavio Could you have a look at the two coderabbitai finding?

The previous fix checked each changed file with a stat call that follows symlinks. This caused two problems. A dangling symlink (a link whose target is missing) looked like a deleted file. updatecli deleted the link on the remote branch, even though the link still exists in the working tree. A path can also disappear because a parent directory turned into a regular file. The old code treated this as a real error and stopped the commit instead of recording a deletion. updatecli now checks each path without following symlinks. A symlink is rejected with a clear error, because the GitHub API has no way to commit a symlink. A path under a replaced parent directory is now recorded as a deletion, the same as a missing file. Assisted-by: Claude Sonnet 5.0 Signed-off-by: Flavio Castelli <fcastelli@suse.com>

flavio · 2026-10-21T15:04:22Z

@olblak ready for another review

olblak · 2026-10-21T18:01:12Z

I didn't tested manually

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olblak added bug Something isn't working scm-github SCM of type GiHhub labels Oct 21, 2026

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